Loom crankshaft support

ABSTRACT

A two-piece loom crankshaft support with an integral sleeve bearing for supporting the crankshaft of a loom. The support can be adjusted vertically and horizontally without pulling out the crankshaft of the loom.

United States Patent 1191 Owings et a1.

1 1 LOOM CRANKSHAFT SUPPORT [75] Inventors: Joe T. Owings, Belton; Sarden B.

Martin, Williamstown, both of SC.

[73] Assignee: Deering Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg. S.C.

22 Filed: Sept. 3, 1974 21 Appl. No.: 502,845

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation of Ser. No. 358.857, May 10, 1973,

abandoned.

[52] US. Cl 139/1 R [51] Int. Cl D03d 49/02 [58] Field of Search 139/1 R, 11, 188; 248/157, 248/419, 420, 424; 74/594 June 17, 1975 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2.496.230 1/1950 Peterson 248/157 2.713.875 7/1955 Goodgame 139/1 R Primary Examiner-Henry S. Jaudon Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Earle R. Marden; H. William Petry [5 7] ABSTRACT A two-piece loom crankshaft support with an integral sleeve bearing for supporting the crankshaft of a loom. The support can be adjusted vertically and horizontally without pulling out the crankshaft of the loom.

1 Claim, 1 Drawing Figure LOOM CRANKSHAFT SUPPORT This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 358,857, filed May 10, 1973, now abandoned.

It is an object of the invention to provide a loom crankshaft support which can be adjusted for worn and crooked crankshafts without pulling out the crankshaft.

Other objects of the invention will become clearly apparent as the specification proceeds to describe in detail the invention with reference to the accompanying drawing in which is shown a perspective view of the new and improved loom crankshaft support.

The reference numeral represents the frame of a loom on which is mounted the crankshaft support, generally designated 12, consisting of an angle iron 14 mounted to the frame by means of a bolt 16 and upper support plate 18. Preferably, integral with the upper support plate is a sleeve bearing 20 through which projects the loom crankshaft 22.

To allow the crankshaft to be aligned or realigned, vertical slots 24 are located in the upper plate 18 and a horizontal slot 26 is provided in the angle iron 14. Bolts 28 project through slots 24 and 26 and are tightened by nuts (not shown) when the upper plate 18 is located in the desired position.

It can readily be seen that the crankshaft can be readily positioned by moving the upper plate either up or down or sideways or both to the correct position to align the crankshaft. This eliminates having to pull out the crankshaft, thereby saving a considerable amount of time for the loom fixer.

Although we have described in detail the preferred embodiment of our invention, we contemplate that many changes may be made without departing from the scope or spirit of our invention, and we desire to be limited only by the claims.

That which is claimed is:

1. A loom crankshaft arrangement comprising: a loom frame, a first vertical support member having a horizontal slot and attached to said frame, a second vertical support member having a plurality of vertical slots through which it is adjustably connected to said first vertical support member at said horizontal slot, a sleeve bearing integrally connected to and supported on the top of said second vertical support member and a loom crankshaft projecting through said sleeve bear- 

1. A loom crankshaft arrangement comprising: a loom frame, a first vertical support member having a horizontal slot and attached to said frame, a second vertical support member having a plurality of vertical slots through which it is adjustably connected to said first vertical support member at said horizontal slot, a sleeve bearing integrally connected to and supported on the top of said second vertical support member and a loom crankshaft projecting through said sleeve bearing. 